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NAME

       tiger - UNIX Security Checker

SYNOPSIS

       tiger  [-vthqGSH]  [-B dir] [-l dir|@host] [-w dir] [-b dir] [-e|-E] [-c config] [-A arch]
       [-O os] [-R release]

DESCRIPTION

       Tiger is a package consisting of Bourne Shell scripts, C code and data files which is used
       for checking for security problems on a UNIX system.  It scans system configuration files,
       file systems, and user configuration files for  possible  security  problems  and  reports
       them.   The  command tigexp(8) can be used to obtain explanations of the problems reported
       by tiger.

       You can configure tiger by  adjusting  the  Tiger_  variables  in  the  /etc/tiger/tigerrc
       configuration file. For each available module (see MODULES below) there is a corresponding
       variable in the configuration file that determines whether the module is run. All  of  the
       variables names start with Tiger_check_ and should be set equal to Y to run, or N to skip.
       Other configuration variables will modify the behaviour of some  modules,  and  should  be
       adjusted based on the operating system.

       The  /etc/tiger/tiger.ignore configuration file defines a set of messages that will not be
       presented in the report even if any of the modules generate them.  If the file exists, all
       the  entries  (line  by  line)  are used as extended regular expressions that are compared
       against each message (notice that it will introduce some overhead  which  grows  with  the
       size  of  the  file).   For  more  information  on  this  mechanism read the README.ignore
       document.

OPTIONS

       The following arguments can be used when calling the program:

       -B tigerdir
              Specify the directory where tiger is installed.  If not  specified,  /usr/lib/tiger
              is used.

       -l logdir|@logserver
              Specify the name of the directory where tiger will write the security report.  This
              defaults to /var/log/tiger.  The filename  of  the  report  will  be  of  the  form
              'security.report.hostname.date.time'.   If  the directory begins with a @, the name
              will be interpreted as a tiger logging server.  Tiger logging's server is currently
              a  server that listens in port (tcp) 5353 on a remote host.  The tiger process will
              just send the results to that server using a telnet connection.

       -w workdir
              Specify  a  directory  to  use  for  creating  scratch  files.   This  defaults  to
              /var/lib/tiger/work.

       -b bindir
              Specify  the directory which contains (or will contain) the binaries generated from
              the C modules.  If the systems directories contain all the binaries, they  will  be
              used directly from there.  If not, then if bindir contains the binaries, these will
              be used.  If none are found in either place,  then  an  attempt  will  be  made  to
              compile the C code and install the executables into bindir.

       -c tigerrc
              Specify   an  alternate  name  for  the  tigerrc  control  file.   The  default  is
              '/etc/tiger/tigerrc'.

       -e     This option will cause  explanations  to  be  inserted  into  the  security  report
              following  each  message.   This  can  greatly  increase the size of the report, as
              explanations may appear repeatedly.

       -E     This option indicates that a separate explanation report should  be  created,  with
              explanations  for  each  type  of message only appearing once.  The filename of the
              explanation report will be of the form 'explain.report.hostname.date.time'.

       -G     Generate the signatures (MD5 hashes and file permissions) for system binary files.

       -H     This option will format the report into HTML creating local links  to  the  problem
              descriptions.

       -S     This  option indicates that a surface level check of the configuration files of any
              diskless clients served by this machine should be checked at the  same  time.   The
              checks will not be as in depth as they would be if run on the client itself.

       -q     Suppress messages to be as quiet as possible, only security messages will be shown.

       -A arch
              This  option  overrides  the  default  value  obtained for the current architecture
              detected by the internal configuration engine to a value defined by the user.

       -O os  This option overrides the default value obtained for the current  operating  system
              detected by the internal configuration engine to a value defined by the user.

       -R release
              This  option  overrides the default value obtained for the current operating system
              release detected by the internal configuration engine to a  value  defined  by  the
              user.

       Notice  that  changing  the real values for the operating system and architecture Tiger is
       running in might result in scripts being run which are not appropriate to it,  and,  as  a
       consequence,  unexpected  (and  potentially  dangerous)  errors  might  be generated. When
       executed Tiger will show which operating system, release and  architecture  thinks  it  is
       running in.

MODULES

       Tiger  is  composed  of a series of modules. Each of these modules check specific security
       issues related to UNIX systems.  The framework provided by Tiger allows the  provision  of
       both  generic  modules  and  those specific for the operating system the software runs in.
       Modules can be executed stand alone, from cron or through the tiger  program  (which  will
       execute all those available).

       If  you  want  to  write  additional  modules for your system read the README.writemodules
       document.

       Tiger currently provides the following modules:

       check_accounts
              Checks the accounts provided in the system,  looking  for  disabled  accounts  with
              cron, rhosts, .forward, and valid shells.

       check_aliases
              Performs a check for mail aliases and improper configuration.

       check_anonftp
              Determines if the anonymous FTP service is properly configured.

       check_cron
              Validates the cron entries in the system.

       check_embedded
              Determines if embedded pathnames are configured properly.

       check_exports
              Analyses  configuration  files  for  NFS  exported  filesystems to see if access is
              properly restricted.

       check_group
              Checks the UNIX groups available in the system, looking for conflicts and  improper
              entries.

       check_inetd
              Checks  the  inetd  configuration file: compares against services definition, valid
              directory paths, non-existent binaries and active services.

       check_known
              Looks for known intrusion signs including backdoors and mail spools.

       check_netrc
              Checks if users's netrc files are insecurely configured.

       check_nisplus
              Looks for wrong configuration in the NIS+ entries.

       check_passwd
              Checks the UNIX users available in the system, looking for conflicts  and  improper
              entries.

       check_path
              Validates  the binaries in user's PATHs as well as PATH definitions used by scripts
              in order to determine insecure definitions.

       check_perms
              Check filepermissions and inconsistencies.

       check_printcap
              Analyses the configuration for the printer control file.

       check_rhosts
              Checks rhosts files in order to see if user's configuration leaves the system  open
              to attack.

       check_sendmail
              Checks  sendmail  configuration  files.   check_signatures  Compares  binary  files
              signatures against those stored in the local database (provided with the program).

       check_system
              This  module  calls  the  operating  system's   specific   modules   available   at
              /usr/lib/tiger/systems/.

       check_apache
              Checks  the  Apache  configuration  file  and reports on generic issues which might
              introduce exposures or vulnerabilities in the system.

       check_devices
              Checks  for  devices's  permissions,  warning  about  devices   that   have   world
              permissions.

       check_exrc
              Analyses  .exrc  files that are not in user's home directories. The vi command will
              look for the existence of such  a  file  in  the  current  directory,  and  so  may
              inadvertently  perform  commands  that  can  compromise your system's security when
              starting vi or ex.

       check_finddeleted
              Checks if deleted files are being used by any process in the current  system.  This
              might  be  an indication of intrusion (a user executing processes and then deleting
              its files) or of unpatched servers (which, if not restarted use old  library  files
              and are still vulnerable).

       check_ftpusers
              Analyses  the system's /etc/ftpusers and determines if the administrative users are
              in that file.

       check_issue
              Checks the /etc/issue and /etc/issue.net file to  determine  if  they  contain  the
              appropriate content (this is defined in the ISSUEFILE and ISSUENETFILE).

       check_logfiles
              Checks for the existence of log files (wtmp, btmp, lastlog and utmp).  It will also
              check for proper umask settings.

       check_lilo
              Analyses configuration files for lilo and grub boot loaders (Linux-specific).

       check_listeningprocs
              Checks for processes listening on TCP/IP sockets (servers) in the system as well as
              users running them. Will warn if the user running a server is not an authorised one
              or if the server is listening on all available interfaces.

       check_passwdformat
              Checks the format of the /etc/passwd file in  order  to  determine  inconsistencies
              which indicate an intrusion or misconfiguration.

       check_patches
              Checks  if  patches  are available for the system (i.e. new packages).  It will use
              autorpm or apt-get to check this (so this tools need to  be  properly  configured).
              This check is specific to Linux (RedHat or Debian).

       check_root
              Checks if remote root login is allowed to the local system.

       check_rootdir
              Checks the permissions for the root directory.

       check_rootkit
              Tries to find systems which have been rootkited, it does so by looking for trojaned
              ls and find commands.  It also includes a wrapper to run the chkrootkit program and
              format the results in Tiger's message format.

       check_single
              Checks  if  the  system is properly configured to disallow single-user access. This
              check is specific to Linux.

       check_release
              Analyses the version of the operating system and determines if it  is  too  out  of
              date. This check is specific to Linux (RedHat or Debian).

       check_runprocs
              This module will check if the processes configured in tigerrc are running currently
              in the system. If any of  the  processes  is  not  running,  Tiger  will  warn  the
              administrator (this acts as a lightweight software watchdog)

       check_services
              Check which services are configured in the system (usually in /etc/services) versus
              the ones that should be configured (in the provided services file)

       check_tcpd
              Tests for the existence of tcp-wrappers and changes in their configuration it  also
              determines which services are running wrapped in tcp-wrappers.

       check_umask
              Check for umask setting in configuration files.

       check_xinetd
              Checks which xinetd services are enabled or disabled.

       crack_run
              Runs  a  local  installation of the Crack program which can be used to determine if
              local user passwords are easy (or not) to guess.

       tripwire_run aide_run integrit_run
              Wrappers for a number of integrity checkers, these programs enhance the support  of
              Tiger  for  MD5  and  SHA-1  binary  signatures  and  file system permission checks
              (implemented with the the check_perms and check_signatures  scripts).   You  should
              consider  installing  any  of these three programs (Tripwire, Aide or Integrit) and
              use read-only locations (such as CD-ROM) to store the hashes of the system.

       deb_checkadvisories
              This module checks against a list of stored Debian Security Advisories in order  to
              see  if  the system has any package installed whose version might be subject to any
              security vulnerability (Debian-specific).

       deb_checkmd5sums
              Compares the MD5 sums of binary files against those  provided  after  installation.
              Changes  in  these  files  might  be an indication of a compromised system (Debian-
              specific).

       deb_nopackfiles
              Looks for files installed in the system's directories that are not provided by  any
              installed Debian packages (Debian-specific).

FILES

       /etc/tiger/tigerrc
              Configuration file for the Tiger tool.

       /etc/tiger/cronrc
              Configuration file for the Tigercron tool.

       /var/log/tiger
              Location of the log messages generated by Tiger when run through cron.

       /var/lib/tiger/work
              Working directory used by Tiger scripts to create temporary files.

       /etc/tiger/tiger.ignore
              Configuration file that defines which messages generated by modules will be ignored
              by Tiger and will not be presented in the final report.

SEE ALSO

       tigexp(8)

       There are also a number of README files that describe in detail the behaviour of Tiger and
       how it can be used to setup a host-based intrusion detection system. These can be found in
       the top directory of the sources or in /usr/lib/tiger once it is installed (in Debian  the
       location of the full documentation set is /usr/share/doc/tiger/)

BUGS

       There are a lot more things to check.

       Some places in the package are not shell meta-character or white-space safe.

       You  can  report  or  read  known  bugs  at  the http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/tiger
       webpage.

       For Debian-specific (known) bugs read the /usr/share/doc/tiger/README.Debian  document  or
       the http://bugs.debian.org/tiger webpage.

AUTHOR

       Tiger was originally developed by a team of the Texas A&M University Supercomputer Center,
       as of September 1993, the development done via the Network Group, Computing &  Information
       Services.

       This  software  was  written  originally  by  Douglas  Lee  Schales,  Dave K. Hess, Khalid
       Warraich, and Dave R. Safford (circa 1993).

       A lot of changes were introduced by the ARSC team  (a.k.a.  the  TARA  team)  Liam  Forbes
       <lforbes at arsc.edu>, Nathan Bills <bills AT arsc.edu> and Mike Kienenberger <mkienenb at
       arsc.edu>, including support for quite a number of operating systems.

       Current upstream maintenance of Tiger is being done by Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Peña  and
       coordinated at http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/tiger.

       The  adaptation  for  the GNU/Linux operating system was made by Robert L. Ziegler <rlz at
       mediaone.net>

       The modifications for the Debian GNU/Linux operating  system  have  been  made  by  Javier
       Fernandez-Sanguino  Peña  <jfs  at  computer.org>,  including  a  number of checks for the
       GNU/Linux  operating  systems  (check_listeningprocs)  and  some   specific   for   Debian
       (deb_checkadvisories, deb_checkmd5sums and deb_nopackfiles).